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2013

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Wolves In The Throne Room ‘BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini’ LP/DD 2013

27th December 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2013, Ambient, Atmospheric, BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini, Black Metal, Chris Moore, Digital, LP, Review, Southern Lord, Wolves In The Throne Room

For many, Wolves In The Throne Room have been central to the surge of USBM and the broader black metal

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blackwitch Pudding ‘Taste The Pudding’ CD/LP/DD 2013

26th December 20133rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Blackened Doom, Blackwitch Pudding, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Taste The Pudding

Thank God for Blackwitch Pudding. Somebody once told me you can tell a lot from a name. Naming your spawn

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mamiffer & Circle ‘Enharmonic Intervals (For Paschen Organ)’ CD/LP/DD 2013

24th December 20133rd September 2019 James Parker 2013, Avant-Garde, CD, Circle, Drone, Ektro Records, Enharmonic Intervals (For Paschen Organ), Experimental, James Parker, LP, Mamiffer, Review, Sige Records

In what is one of the year’s most anticipated collaborations in the avant garde rock spectrum, Finland’s celebrated psychedelic warlords

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mountain God ‘Experimentation On The Unwilling’ CS/DD 2013

23rd December 20133rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2013, Caspian Yurisich, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Experimentation On The Unwilling, Heavy, Mountain God, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sludge

I love it when a band does something new within a template “innovating” shouldn’t necessarily mean adding a bunch of

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Celeste ‘Animale(s)’ CD/LP/DD 2013

22nd December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Animale(s), Black Metal, CD, Celeste, Denovali Records, Digital, Johannes van der Meer, LP, Review, Sludge

To play black metal in today’s environment with so many subgenres, not even the dark one himself can keep up

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Deviated Instinct / Summon The Crows – Split 7″ Reissue 2013

21st December 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Crust, Deviated Instinct, Disiplin Media, Grindcore, Hardcore, Reissue, Review, Ross McKendrick, Split 7", Summon The Crows

Towards the end of the last decade the return of the likes of crust punk originators Amebix and Deviated Instinct

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Dustman Dilemma ‘First Trip To The Roaring Plains’ CD 2013

20th December 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 2013, CD, Experimental, First Trip To The Roaring Plains, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, John Reppion, Psych, Review, The Dustman Dilemma

Hailing from Caen in France, quintet The Dustman Dilemma blend mellow organ toned synth, sax honks, and sweet woodwind sounds

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Lizzard Wizzard – S/T – DD 2013

20th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Lizzard Wizzard, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

I like this. I liked this the second it came on and the first tunes hit my ears. For most

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mantar – S/T – 7″ 2013

19th December 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, 7", Doom, Heavy, Mantar, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

Mantar. There’s a name that conjures up images, mostly unwholesome if I’m honest. Sounds like a mythical beast, or possibly

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Groan ‘Ride The Snake’ CD/DD 2013

19th December 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Doom, Groan, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Party Stoner, Review, Ride The Snake, Superhot Records

What’s the saying? ‘It ain’t braggin if you back it up’. Well ‘Medieval Reefer Music’ pedlars Groan definitely have an

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Brutal Truth / Bastard Noise ‘The Axiom Of Post Inhumanity’ CD/LP/Digital 2013

18th December 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Bastard Noise, Brutal Truth, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jamie Grimes, LP, Noise, Relapse Records, Review, The Axiom Of Post Inhumanity

I suspect many reviews of this record will contain a similar disclaimer but if you don’t already know, this here

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